"Bass\'s work--about marriage and parenting, illness and recovery, small daily pleasures--cultivates an exuberance that\'s born of, and balanced by, close watchfulness." -- The New York Times "A bold and passionate new collection...
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Intimacy is rarely conveyed as gracefully as in Bass\'s lustrous poems." --Booklist Indigo , the newest collection by Ellen Bass, merges elegy and praise poem in an exploration of life\'s complexities. "Bass\'s work--about marriage and parenting, illness and recovery, small daily pleasures--cultivates an exuberance that\'s born of, and balanced by, close watchfulness." -- The New York Times "A bold and passionate new collection..